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  I'm Sam, a college student, engineer, seamstress, crafter, & entrepreneur. Enjoy perusing photos of my sewing and craft-related adventures. I hope my blog brings inspiration and happiness to your day!

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seventeen syllables: a reflection

glowing jellyfish - baltimore aquarium special exhibitThe Haiku Project has come to an end. As abruptly as it began, my time spent recording each day into seventeen syllable spurts has reached its finale.

With any creative project, especially one that relies on repetition to reach some …

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perpetually fleeting

another year tucked behind
the folds of our memory,
eternal, but gone.

swings in a row

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temporal

“when you go backwards,
you get more time.. forwards makes
time go double-fast”

(a quote, formatted to fit this haiku, from my wise father, at futsal practice)

wavy tree and bark

It’s a good thing I’m almost done with haikus… if I continued for …

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making things

please, never forget
how much you love to make things.
making makes you whole.

ribbon rack

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quilting time

end-of-year wind down:
look back and be thankful, look
forward and prepare.

quilt patches - the pinks and peaches

Still working away on this quilt that I started back in 2007… it’s almost 2010 now, and I’m still piecing together patches for the top. I ran out …

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making things

the urge to create
bubbles at the core until,
volcano-like, bursts.

beads

Living in two places makes crafting a challenge; all my zippers and bobbins and favorite fabrics are at school, while here I actually have space to make things. Now …

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